Tom Scott of YouTube fame tried to use an AI program to pick ideas for new videos.

Tom Scott of YouTube fame tried to use an AI program to pick ideas for new videos.

The results surprised him, and are definitely amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfVYxnhuEdU

Canceling MacBasic may be one of the worst long term business decisions Apple ever made.

Canceling MacBasic may be one of the worst long term business decisions Apple ever made.

As this Mac Folklore site explains, Microsoft blackmailed Apple over Applesoft Basic, in order to kill future competition.

https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=MacBasic.txt

I like this article by Elye! Software perfection is not as important as Software reliability.

I like this article by Elye!  Software perfection is not as important as Software reliability.

Another thing I use to tell my teams, “There is always the point in any development process, where you have to shoot the programmer, and ship the damn thing”. Or the project would never finish.

https://medium.com/better-programming/why-i-prefer-imperfect-software-development-practices-b13cfdcf85bf

Every spaceship should come with a secret decoder ring hidden somewhere on board.

Every spaceship should come with a secret decoder ring hidden somewhere on board.

This is not the only Easter egg the designed into the Mars Rover Perseverance. For example, the Treads press out a message in Braille.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/mars-decoder-ring

Swift Heroes posted many of their videos from previous years, here are the 2020 talks.

Swift Heroes posted many of their videos from previous years, here are the 2020 talks.

17 videos from range of topics for Swift developers.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfCiO1zYKkATdj4HyvJTQXdHl087UNowg

Special Thanks to Jian Shu for the efforts he put into this wonderful article on CFRunLoop!

Special Thanks to Jian Shu for the efforts he put into this wonderful article on CFRunLoop!

The iOS Runloop is one of the most important components, and one that is the least understood.

https://suelan.github.io/2021/02/13/20210213-dive-into-runloop-ios/

CLWill (Chris Williams) has a great conversation with Don Denman, the creator of the never released MacBasic project.

CLWill (Chris Williams) has a great conversation with Don Denman, the creator of the never released MacBasic project.

Don Denman was an old co-worker of mine from the early days at Apple, and he has excellent opinions about that time.

https://clwill.com/pod/donn-denman/